| Release Date: | Jan 1943 |
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| Genres: | Crime / Film-Noir / Thriller |
| Awards: | Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination |
| Runtime: | 108 min |
| Cast: | Teresa Wright (Young Charlie Newton), Joseph Cotten (Uncle Charlie Oakley), Macdonald Carey (Jack Graham) Henry Travers (Joseph Newton) Patricia Collinge (Emma Newton) Hume Cronyn (Herbie Hawkins) Wallace Ford (Fred Saunders) Edna May Wonacott (Ann Newton) Charles Bates (Roger Newton) Irving Bacon (Station Master) Clarence Muse (Pullman Porter) Janet Shaw (Louise) Estelle Jewell (Catherine) |
The Newton family lead a quiet life in the North California town of Santa Rosa. The Newton's eldest daughter, 'young Charlie', decides that things need brightening up and resolves to contact her Uncle Charlie (after whom she is named) and invite him to stay. On arrival at the telegraph office she discovers he is already on his way. However, Uncle Charlie is being pursued by a couple of detectives who suspect him of being "The Merry Widow Murderer", an evil strangler wanted in connection with the deaths of several rich East coast widows.
